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Pine-Richland Native Brandon Saad Celebrating Blackhawks Stanley Cup Win
The 20-year-old is in his rookie season with the NHL team.
The Pittsburgh Penguins may not have made it to the Stanley Cup finals, but one of Pine-Richland’s own is celebrating his role in the big game.
Pine-Richland hockey star Brandon Saad, now a left winger for the Chicago Blackhawks, played a major role in the team’s 3-2 come-from-behind victory Monday over the Boston Bruins to take the Stanley Cup.
Saad played on 19 shifts tallying 12:03 of ice time, including 1:10 on the power play and 1:34 on the penalty kill, according to Michigan Live.
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CBS Sports reported that with the Blackhawks on the penalty kill, Saad set up Michal Handzus with a pass for a shorthanded goal to open the night’s scoring.
Saad, 20, made the Blackhawks' season-opening roster in 2012 and played two games before being assigned to the junior ice hockey league the Saginaw Spirits in Michigan.
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He returned to the Blackhawks last April in time for the Stanley Cup playoffs.
In January, The Blackhawks named Saad to the starting roster for the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season.
He scored his first career goal as an NHL players on Feb. 5. In May, Saad was named a finalist for the 2013 Calder Memorial Trophy.
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